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Friday, September 20, 2013

Reassessments...

I'm not yet able to go SBG, but I'm on my way. I told students they could reassess standards for 2 weeks after the original assessment, if they have the original questions signed and they complete a remediation assignment. 1 week after quiz and NO ONE has asked for the reassessment assignment.

I'm a bit bothered. I WANT my students practicing and reassessing, but I want them ready once they reassess ( unlike when they first took the assessment).

I don't want to extend my deadline. I think I might have to bend on this one, but I believe when I say something it should be as true as I can make it. ( especially with so many students having little stability at home)

I want students to reassess. I want to only deal with reassessments for a limited amount of time. I want students reassessing to have worked on the material ahead of time. I want the parents aware that reassessing is taking place and that their student is struggling with a concept. I want my students LEARNING. What a concept.

I'm thinking for this first quiz I am going to conference with students. It will cost me class time, something I jealously hate losing. I will make a student conference form, to document the discussion. I want the students to understand my goals in offering reassessment and requiring something from them to be able to reassess.

I'm not sure how my student conferences will go. I will start on Tuesday (as I will be on a field trip this Monday). I figure if I keep myself to between 3-5 minutes that I should get most of them done by Thursday. Given that I cannot speak to all of the students before Thursday, I will need to extend the deadline for this quiz to reassess. I am thinking that adding an additional week is appropriate. This also has the added benefit of opening the window until just before my grades are due for progress reports.

I started on this post and accidentally published it before I had a chance to go back through it and review my thoughts. I have another thought regarding doing a similar conference with both the parent(s) and the student. I'm not sure that, upon reflection, it is the direction I wish to take this idea at this time.